The Clear Lake Falcons will head out on the road to face off against the Deer Park Deer at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Clear Lake is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Dickinson on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Clear Lake lost 67-42 to Dickinson. The Falcons haven't had much luck with the Gators recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Deer Park suffered their closest defeat since November 22nd on Tuesday. They fell just short of Clear Brook by a score of 54-51. While losing is never fun, the Deer can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 400th, while the Wolverines are ranked 13th).
Clear Lake will need focus on slowing down Emily Ripley, one of several Deer Park players who made an impact when they last played. She made all 5 shots she took to post 10 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Harms, who went 5 of 11 on her way to 14 points.
Clear Lake's loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 13-11. As for Deer Park, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-10.
Clear Lake came up short against Deer Park when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 42-35. Can Clear Lake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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